Frequently Asked Questions
General
Q: Has MOIN released a whitepaper I can read?
A: No. But the underlying technology is explained in the following whitepapers:
Bitcoin
Peercoin
Shadow - Encrypted messaging & Anonymous tokens
A: No. But the underlying technology is explained in the following whitepapers:
Bitcoin
Peercoin
Shadow - Encrypted messaging & Anonymous tokens
Q: Is there anyway to download the blockchain directly? (to skip syncing over network)
A: You can find blockchain files @ https://github.com/MOIN/MOIN-Bootstrap and more information about bootstraping @ https://github.com/MOIN/bootstrap
A: You can find blockchain files @ https://github.com/MOIN/MOIN-Bootstrap and more information about bootstraping @ https://github.com/MOIN/bootstrap
Q: Is there a MOIN block explorer?
A: Yes, the official block explorer is @ http://explorer.discovermoin.com/
A: Yes, the official block explorer is @ http://explorer.discovermoin.com/
Staking
Q: What resources are required to run a MOIN staking node?
A: The MOIN wallet uses ~600MB of RAM and the blockchain size is approximately 1GB.
A: The MOIN wallet uses ~600MB of RAM and the blockchain size is approximately 1GB.
Q: What does "generated but not accepted" mean? I see this message when I am trying to stake.
A: The message generated but not accepted occurs when a solution your client produced is not accepted by the chain. This is normal in all mining operations and not something you should need to worry about. It happens when more than one miner finds a solution for securing the next block at around the same time. The network has to form consensus around one of these miners solutions and so the others cannot be accepted.
A: The message generated but not accepted occurs when a solution your client produced is not accepted by the chain. This is normal in all mining operations and not something you should need to worry about. It happens when more than one miner finds a solution for securing the next block at around the same time. The network has to form consensus around one of these miners solutions and so the others cannot be accepted.
Q: But I received multiple times "generated but not accepted" in a row. There surely has to be a problem in the code.
A: Each time a block is generated, there is a chance that other staking nodes find a block at the same time. The result of the last block doesn't affect the current one. It's unlikely that this happens multiple times in a row, but it's not impossible.
A: Each time a block is generated, there is a chance that other staking nodes find a block at the same time. The result of the last block doesn't affect the current one. It's unlikely that this happens multiple times in a row, but it's not impossible.
Q: Anybody know how long it takes before your coins start to stake? Currently my wallet says "not staking because you don't have mature coins".
A: The minimum stake time is 8 hours.
A: The minimum stake time is 8 hours.
Q: I bought some MOIN, but not sure if this amount enough for POS staking. Can somebody tell me how much do i need for staking?
A: Most recent staking tests indicate that 500 is a good amount of MOIN for staking and seeing fairly immediate results. You can view the test details @ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1237881.msg32168875#msg32168875
A: Most recent staking tests indicate that 500 is a good amount of MOIN for staking and seeing fairly immediate results. You can view the test details @ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1237881.msg32168875#msg32168875
